Haryana 4th in GST evasion, 1,708 cases in 3 yrs

Bhartesh Singh Thakur Tribune News Service Chandigarh, September 22 Haryana reported the fourth highest number of GST evasion cases in the country over the past three years, according to Central GST authorities. As per figures placed before the Lok Sabha,...

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Updated At : 12:47 PM Sep 23, 2020 IST

Bhartesh Singh Thakur

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 22

Haryana reported the fourth highest number of GST evasion cases in the country over the past three years, according to Central GST authorities.

As per figures placed before the Lok Sabha, the state saw 1,708 cases of GST evasion, involving around Rs 3,182.32 crore, from July 2017 to August 2020, which is 3.4 per cent of the overall evasion in the country.

Delhi tops the list with 3,182 cases, followed by Maharashtra (2,540) and Gujarat (1,739). Punjab witnessed GST evasion worth Rs 656.27 crore, followed by HP (Rs 271.36 crore), J&K (Rs 256.27 crore) and Chandigarh (Rs 39.90 crore).

Ten persons have been arrested in this connection in Haryana and six in Punjab. No arrest has been made in Chandigarh, HP and J&K so far. There have been 20,233 cases of GST evasion involving Rs 93,642.08 crore and 408 arrests made since July 2017 across the country.

The quantum of GST evasion has been the highest in Maharashtra (Rs 20,056.05 crore), followed by Delhi (Rs 14,022.54 crore) and Karnataka Rs 8,782.78 crore.